eurostat (version 2.2.1)

cut_to_classes: Cuts the Values Column into Classes and Polishes the Labels

Description

Categorises a numeric vector into automatic or manually defined categories. and polishes the labels ready for used in mapping with merge_with_geodata function and ggplot2.

Usage

cut_to_classes(x, n = 5, style = "jenks", manual = FALSE, manual_breaks = NULL, decimals = 0, nodata_label = "No data")

Arguments

x

A numeric vector, eg. values variable in data returned by get_eurostat

n

A numeric. number of classes/categories

style

Chosen style: one of "fixed", "sd", "equal", "pretty", "quantile", "kmeans", "hclust", "bclust", "fisher", or "jenks"

manual

Logical. If manual breaks are being used

manual_breaks

Numeric vector with manual threshold values

decimals

Number of decimals to include with labels

nodata_label

String. Text label for NA category.

Value

a factor.

Examples

 ## Not run: 
#    lp <- get_eurostat("nama_aux_lp")
#    lp$class <- cut_to_classes(lp$values, n=5, style="jenks",decimals=1)
#  ## End(Not run)